Pax Britannica - Climax of an Empire

This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

About the author

Jan Morris (1926 - 2020) served as an intelligence officer with the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, studied at Oxford University, and was a reporter for the Times and the Guardian before launching into a successful career as a novelist, history author, and travel writer. Her books include Last Letters from Hav, Fifty Years of Europe, Conundrum, Hong Kong, Oxford, The World of Venice, and Farewell the Trumpets.

Summary

This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product details

• Authors: Jan Morris
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2002
• EAN: 9780156028011
• ISBN: 978-0-15-602801-1
• No. of pages: 552
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Helen & Kurt Wolff Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Eastern Europe, European History, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Art, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Reference works, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), European history: Renaissance, 1660 to 1714 (Restoration and the Later Stuart period), HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY: Reference, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY: Renaissance, HISTORY: Europe / Eastern, HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY: Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General